Stereogum skriver om Darkthrone 's album Circle the Wagons:
"Circle The Wagons is nothing short of a triumph, finding the band at peak health after years of illness, and laser-focused after an era of uncertainty and stumbling. Darkthrone will almost certainly never again play black metal as that term is popularly defined (and that definition owes its existence to Darkthrone in the first place). But their new life as a heavy metal band has been inspiring, exciting, and unexpected, too."